Knitted fabric



No. 752,862. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1904. A. W. RBDIN.

KNITTED FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED OOTA. 1902.

NO MODEL.

'W m x g aw-M Mzm NITE TATES Patented February 23, 1904.

ATENT Fries.

KN lTTED FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION. forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,862, datedFebruary 23, 1904.

Annlication filed come: 4, 1902.

the foot from yarn of one color, weight, or.

quality and the top from another. Thus stockings are frequently knittedwith heel, sole, and toe of white and top of black.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1' is a side elevation of atwo-part stocking, the bottom being white, the top black. Fig. 2 is adiagram illustrating the course taken by the two different threads informing and joining a two-part fabric. Fig. ,3 is a view illustrating.diagrammatically two anchor-stitches employed to unite the two parts ofsuch a fabric. r

In the embodiment herein shown of this invention corresponding doublecourses of black and of white yarn are knitted alternately withrelation. to the line of juncture between the two parts of the fabric, adouble course of stitches being knitted with the black thread across theline of juncture and then with the white thread, and so on throughoutthe twopart work. At the line of juncture a single wale of blackstitches is formed in the white fabric and a single wale of whitestitches in the black fabric. The individual stitches comprising thesewales I denominate anchorstitches, and that portion of the, yarn thatpasses from the anchor-stitches to the main body of the fabric andextends through the anchor-stitches of the other color I callconnectingstrands. The diiferent threads, it will be understood, arecontinuous, passing kzvard and forward throughout that part abric whichtheycompose. r to the drawings, A representsthe on of the knittedfabric, and B the zzhne-a'refers to the wale of anchor- Serial No.126,876. (No model.)

stitches formed of white yarn, and b to the wale formed of black yarn.

A, A A A, A, and A represent courses of the continuous white thread informing a two-part fabric, and B, B, B", B, B and B courses of thecontinuous black thread. 0 represents the several series of loops formedin the usual manner of knitting, d thethe latter loop being drawnthrough the for-- mer, and the loop (Z of each course through the loop eof the last preceding course, whereby successive courses of theanchor-stitches are held together in a wale. It will thus be seen that.two anchor-stitches are formed at each end of each double course andconsist of two loops,'the loop first formed being drawn through the looplast formed in the last preceding courseof the knitting, and the looplast formed being drawnthrough the firstformed loop of its course.

f refers. to the two connecting-strands, the first being laid by themovement of the thread toward the juncture-line, and the second upon.the return movement of said thread. The connecting-strands f passbetween the necks of the loops d and e, and thus are firmly embeddedbetween adjacent interlocking anchorstitches. v

The strand A A comprises one double course, the yarn passing toward theline of juncture in A returning in A. Likewise the strand A A*, thestrand A A the strand B B", the strand B B, and the strand B B eachforms a double course.

It is apparent that slight changes mightbe resorted to in the fabricherein shown and described without departing from the spirit and scopeof my invention. I therefore desire to have it understood that I donotlimit myself to the particular form herein shown of my invention.

v 1 claim as my invention- 1.- A two-part knitted fabric, one of saidparts having a wale lying within-the other part v to secure the'two part's to gether, the yarn or the first-mentioned part passing from the mainportion of-saidpart to its wale through the body-of the interveningportionof the other part and returning through said intervening portionto its said mainuportion. 1

'2. A two-part knitted fabric, each of said parts having a walelying-within the other part,

the yarn of each part passing from the main portion of said part tozitsWale through the body of the intervening wale of the other part andreturning through said wale to its said m or i rlt 3. 'AZtWo-partknitted fabric, each part havingawale composed of anchor-stitches lyingin the other part to secure the twolparts to-. gether, the yarn'of eachpart passing through the body of the waleof the other part.- '4. Atwo-part knitted ,fbric, one of said parts having a wale' lying ig theother part,

- which Wale is joined to the m in portion of its' part by-aconnecting-strand passing through the-body of the interveningpo'ntion ofsaid other part'and' returning through said interveningiportion to itssaid main portion.

5 A two-part knitted fabric, each part hav ing a .wale, eachfo'f saidwales being joined to tlon.

the main-portion of its part by'means of'a con' necting-strandpassingthrough" the body of the intervening'wale of the other part andreturning'through wale to its said main por- Awe-part knitted fabric,each part composed I; of reversed, reciprocally knitted courses, one'ofsaid parts having a Wale lying within "the. "other part, which-Wale isjoined to the body of its part by connecting-strands portion ofsaid'othe'rpart.

[7; A two-part knitted fabric, each part composed of reversed,reciprocally-knitted courses andeach havin'g 'a wale composed of anchor'stitches'loc'ated in the body of they other part, the anchor-stitchesof each wale being passing through 'th'e body of the intervening joinedto the fmainportio'n of their said part by h meansof connecting-strandspassing through the body l-the wa ls the other part of said fabric. 1

' 8 A twopart knitted fabric, each part composed of reversed,reciprocally-knitted courses and each having a Wale composed ofanchor-stitches located in the other partof said fabric,-saidanchor-stitches being joined to the main portion of their saidrespective parts by means ofconnecting-strands, adjacent anchorstitchesof the ma, 'e of each part inclosing becourse's, art having a wal'e'joine" to the Y mam portion of said part byme'ans of connectthrough thebody portion in'g-strandspassi tween thein, theyconnectingwstrands ofthe coinciding courses of the other part of said fabric.

9. -A kn'itted fabric comprising two parts, each madei upofreversed,rfeciproca -knitted of the' wale of as other, part.

-10. A knitted fabriccomprising'two parts, .6

each made up of reversed, reciprocally-knitted courses, each. part.having .a male lying "in the body of the other part of said fabric,feachof which wales is connected to the main portlon ofits part byconnecting-strands passing courses, each part having a Wale composed ofanchor-stitches lying in the other part of said through the body of theWale of the other part. 11.'A-kni'ttedv fabric comprising two parts,each made up of reversed, reciprocally-knittedmeans of connectin-strands passing between the interlooped anc or-stitches composing theWale of theother; part of'said fabric.

12, A knitted fabric'cornprisingtwo parts,

each made up of reversed, reciprocally-knitted joined to the mainportionof their respective courses, each part having a\ Wale composed ofi anchor-stitches lying in the body of the other v part of said fabric,said anchor-stitches, being parts by means of connecting-strands,,whichconnecting-strands pass between and are in-I closed by the interlockingloops of the anchorstitches comprising the waleof "the other part of thefabric.

13. A twq-part stocking formed from different yarns, each part having awale inthe margin of the other part, the yarn of each part passing fromthe main portion of said parlto its-Wale through the body of the Wale ofthe other part and returning through said waleto its said main portion.

14. A stocking having a 'sole and atop, each knitted from a diiferentyarn, said sole and top j each having a Wale made up of theyarn of itssaid part and lying in the margin-offlthe other part, each .wale beingconnected tothe main portion of its said part by a strand passingthrough the body of the .Waleof the other part and returning throughsaid Wale to its said main portion. 1

15,. A stocking having a'so le and a top knitted from difierent yarns,said sole and top each I having a Wale at their adjacent edges, eachWale being. joined tothe main portion of its respective part by means ofa connectingstrand passingthrough the'body of the ale of the other.partand returning through said Wale.

wale'passing through the body oftheother 1 7. A stocking having a soleand atop knit ted from different yarns and each made up of reversed,reciprocally-knitted courses. said" sole, and top being joined t'ogether'at one or their adjacent ed es by a wale formed from the yarn-of one osaid parts but lying in the 75 fabric, the anchor-stitches of each Walebeing '1 joined .totthe main'portion of its said part by,

1 margin of the other part, said Wale being connected to'the mainportion of its part by means of strands, passing through the interveningportion of the other part. I

the sole,'and the other of the yarn composing the top, each Wale beingjoined to the main portion of its part of the fabric by means ofconnecting-strands passing through the bodyi 18. A stocking having asole and a top, each portion of the. Wale of the other part, knittedfrom a different yarn and made up of reversed, reciprocally-knittedcourses, said sole and'toiibeing joined together at each of theiradjacent edges by two wale's,'one of said wales being made up of theyarn'com'posing ANDREW REDINQ? Witnessesif -v Glm'rls, W. W. COOPER.

